What does an offer letter from the Big Three look like?

[Anonymous]

This thread has made me imagine someone stalking the mail courier through the neighborhood on the relevant days. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a beautiful gold-encrusted parchment envelope delivered by doves in a basket lined with exotic blossoms.

This is - BY FAR - the BEST post I have ever seen!

LOL

[Anonymous]

don't know about the packaging

But I do think it's sign upon delivery. So if I were you, I'd wait by the front door day and night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:don't know about the packaging

But I do think it's sign upon delivery. So if I were you, I'd wait by the front door day and night.

This is great advice. The last thing the OP wants would be to miss the delivery. The Big 3 expect a nanny/housekeeper to be there to answer the door/phones 24/7.

What would we all do without the support on this board?

[Anonymous]

Don't listen to them. Once you have been accepted at a Big 3 school, as many legions of doves as necessary are unleashed to make sure your acceptance letter reaches you (much like thousands of Hogwarts letters delivered by owls to Harry in the Sorcerer's Stone).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the acceptance letters are business sized envelopes w/ just more than one sheet of paper in them right? Has anyone gotten a yes that was just one sheet of paper?

I received a one sheet acceptance letter from Tier I law school. It's awesome how one sheet of paper can change a person's life.

[Anonymous]

The Sham - Wow guy delivers it.

[Anonymous]

Beauvoir's Acceptance
81/2 X 11 White envelope with Beauvoir seal
Content
Acceptance Letter from Maragret and Paula
2 Contracts
Enrollment Information
Bumper Sticker
Invite to New Parents Reception

Hope This Helps

Good Luck I know how you feel. It is the homestretch; I too was extremely anxious!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Sham - Wow guy delivers it.

typed on a Sham-Wow, too

Those things are amazing. They can do anything - even act as acceptance letters. And then, if you suddenly have to decline b/c you just lost your job, you can use the Sham-Wow to wipe up your tears as well as the tears of other family members AND friends.

[Anonymous]

All these heavenly allusions are bollox. There is the subtle, but unmistakable odor of sulfur as you open the letter. You essentially sold your soul to get as far as you did, after all. And this is just the beginning - the next 12 years will be HELL. Worried whether all this money spent is just money down the toilet. Worried about simultaneously keeping up with and avoiding getting run over by the Stepfords. Just plain worried that the surreal world that is life at the Big 3 isn't somehow going to damage the overall well being of your DC. I'm halfway through this ordeal, though just the thought of 6 more years wants me to stick a few needles through my eyeballs. HELL, I tell you. Pure, unadulterated, H E L L.

[Anonymous]

Actually, you will know as soon as you walk in the door. You will immediately become blonde, thin, rich and a member of the DC Power elite. Along with the acceptance letter will be numerous invitations to glamorous parties in Georgetown homes. The phone will immediate ring - it will be Washington Life magazine calling to do a profile on you. Boutiques will clamor to dress you. Life will be wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, you will know as soon as you walk in the door. You will immediately become blonde, thin, rich and a member of the DC Power elite. Along with the acceptance letter will be numerous invitations to glamorous parties in Georgetown homes. The phone will immediate ring - it will be Washington Life magazine calling to do a profile on you. Boutiques will clamor to dress you. Life will be wonderful.

The irony is that reality aside, you will be perceived to be blonder, thinner, and richer even by those who secretly hate you . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these heavenly allusions are bollox. There is the subtle, but unmistakable odor of sulfur as you open the letter. You essentially sold your soul to get as far as you did, after all. And this is just the beginning - the next 12 years will be HELL. Worried whether all this money spent is just money down the toilet. Worried about simultaneously keeping up with and avoiding getting run over by the Stepfords. Just plain worried that the surreal world that is life at the Big 3 isn't somehow going to damage the overall well being of your DC. I'm halfway through this ordeal, though just the thought of 6 more years wants me to stick a few needles through my eyeballs. HELL, I tell you. Pure, unadulterated, H E L L.

Poppycock. The sulfur smell is merely the goddess of fire, Vesta, sending ribbons of fiery lava down upon the houses of rejected children.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was Haphaestus, the blacksmith god, as he builds the golden cage that you will live in for the next 12+ years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir's Acceptance
81/2 X 11 White envelope with Beauvoir seal
Content
Acceptance Letter from Maragret and Paula
2 Contracts
Enrollment Information
Bumper Sticker
Invite to New Parents Reception

Hope This Helps

Good Luck I know how you feel. It is the homestretch; I too was extremely anxious!!

Thanks! So it is not a folded letter - but larger letter? Not the op but I can see why she asked. It is part of the whole process - the anticipation of the letter etc... I don't know if I am more nervous about getting rejected or with paying 25K plus a year!